good morning, it is sunday, december 4th. 7:00 on the dot as we take a live look outside over at san francisco's sutro tower, clear enough to see it but clouds behind it on another chilly december morning. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us this morning with a quick look at our micro climate forecast. >> and take a look at what we're seeing right now in the north bay. we've got the cloudy conditions but the cool front that's already started to sweep through the overnight hours will be heavily focused on the north bay, with scattered showers continuing through today.

if you had plans to head down through san jose for christmas in the park, 48 degrees right now. the good news is the focus won't be as heavy in the south bay today. you will have a chance to maybe visit down there without needing a heavy jacket, just a light coat. let's talk about where that cold front is right now. satellite and radar, this is in the past three hours. you can see the line of showers that pass through. if i zoom this in to put the focus on san rafael, you can see a couple of light cells pushing through, through san jose, the south bay. the good thing about this second system from this weekend is that it's not going to be as widespread, and it's not going to bring as heavy of rain, but we need any chance of rain we can get. so let's talk about what's ahead. tonight into monday, we see that instability in the atmosphere, which means we could see the chance of thunderstorms, and i'll talk about our workweek forecast, of course, when our next chance of rain moves in in a few minutes. >> all of that rain yesterday of course caused flooding in parts of the bay area. slick roads, and all sorts of

problems. while the wet weather may have stopped traffic in certain areas, it didn't stop the holiday events. here's today's marianne favro. >> referee: hundreds turned out for this tree lighting ceremony in redwood city. relentless rains caused major flooding creating a daunting clean up job in north san jose. slick roads made driving more dangerous leading to spinouts. despite the challenges the storm created, the wet weather did not dampen the holiday spirit. in downtown redwood city, hundreds came together to see these two giant trees light up. >> we love the rain. we need it so badly. we have been here in redwood city for quite a number of years, and this is the first time coming over for the tree lighting, and it was a fabulous

night. i was glad there wasn't too many people. >> instead of complaining about the rain and cold temperatures, 10-year-old danielle found magic in the store. >> it reminds me a lot of candy canes and christmas spirit, even though it's raining, it kind of reminds me of snow. ♪♪ >> reporter: music filled the air with carollers roaming the streets and crowds gathered to watch the holiday train pull in downtown showcasing performers. in hayward, people were able to stay dry. the tree lighting ceremony was held indoors. >> we did get a good turnout and it's good to see people, but i've seen it more packed in years past. >> reporter: yes, the weather outside was frightful, but the bay area's holiday spirit tonight was delightful. >> some people told us they prefer to attend holiday events

when it's raining. with smaller clouds, it's easier to find parking. >> "today in the bay." from holiday spirit, take a look at this tree, it happened a yesterday on roberta avenue for patterson boulevard. neighbors say they heard what sounded like thunder. when they went outside, they saw the tree had come crashing down, landing on at least two cars. the same storm bringing all of us this rain is delivering lots of snow to the mountains, but causing treacherous road conditions in the sierra. this is a live look this morning near kingvale where chains are required on 80 and highway 50. as you can see, snow is covering the roads. caltrans is urging people, if you don't have to drive in the mountains, stay home. the snow lab showed this video

of the winter wonderland in the sierra. one of our photographers, jim foster took this video. you can see lots of people lined up for the lift up to the slope. don't let this weather catch you off guard. our nbc bay area app will send you an alert minutes before the rain starts to fall in your neighborhood. download it for free. it's available for apple and android devices. at a san francisco jazz club, a man was remembered for his contribution to the local music scene through both performance and education. andrew spate was killed thursday when his car was hit by a caltrain, as "today in the bay's" alyssa gordon explains, his death leaves hole in the art

community. >> reporter: alto sax, his favorite. >> andrew was ubiquitous both as a teacher and a player. he was known to everybody in the bay area. >> reporter: simon rowe says he's known andrew for four decades. they attended music school together in australia and made their way to the bay area. >> we can't believe it. we can't believe we've lost him. >> reporter: the coroner's office confirmed andrew was the person killed thursday. he drove his car on to the tracks and it was hit by a train. >> it was really tragic to find out that he is no longer here, and we all miss him already. >> reporter: asta said andrew sparked musical jam sessions at her restaurant in burlingame. that turned into weekly performances. she remembered him saying. >> burlingame needs something like that. burlingame needs music, so he was a guy who if he had an idea, he made it happen. >> reporter: the sudden loss hard to process for those in the

jazz community. back in san francisco, at simon's new jazz bistro, people were invited to listen to music for free in andrew's honor. >> the whole community is trying to process it, and the best way to do that is to play beautiful music. ♪♪ >> reporter: alyssa gourd, "today in the bay." a follow up to a story we first brought you yesterday morning. police are on the lookout for the person responsible for a deadly hit-and-run on an oakland freeway. it happened early yesterday morning on southbound 880 near the broadway off ramp. the chp says two cars were racing when one of them hit a big rig. that big rig hit the center divider, rolled over and caught fire. the big rig driver died. but the person driving that speeding car that hit the truck hopped into another car and took off. the chp is trying to track down that driver. with higher inflation comes

an increase in people needing more income. as a result, there is an influx of uber drivers. the san francisco-based company says it's seen a 30% uptick in drivers this last year compared to last. in sacramento, they have recorded one of the largest jumps in the u.s. at 50%. economists say during hard economic times, gig work like uber or lyft is what many people turn to typically as a second job. >> people are having to face this challenge of how do i compete with these skyrocketing prices. how do i put food on the table, buy christmas presents. one of the ways that people make ends meet in this kind of economic situation is through platform work. >> reporter: 72% of new drivers say inflation and the rising cost of living have had an impact on their decision to sign up for gig work. >> if you are still waiting for your gas rebate debit card, you might want to double check your mail. many californians have thrown away their envelopes because

they thought it was a scam. your envelope should say california middle class tax refund card. and although it's for californians, the return address will be from omaha, nebraska. the debit card inside will be from a new york bank. now, there are a few ways to withdraw the money. if you withdraw money at most banks, you'll be charged 1.25. but if you withdraw from allpoint or money pass atms, they're free. these kinds of atms are typically in pharmacies and supermarkets. there also are no charges to use the card to make purchases directly in stores. working to fight hunger this holiday season, a team of volunteers worked to pack up more than 157,000 meals yesterday alone in san jose. this was at second harvest food bank's warehouse for the 25th annual helping hands day. we found workers from applied materials there packing up food for families in need, and

volunteers even competed in challenges to pack up food faster than other teams to make the work more fun. at 7:09. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," we take you live to wawashington, , d.c. whs a preveview of thiss weeeek's " the presess." (vo) it's a fact! two out of three americans who qualify for medicare do not receive all the benefits they deserve. you could be missing out! now anthem blue cross introduces a free medicare plan checkup to make sure you receive all the bebenefits youou qualifr in 202023.

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welcome back, please join me in welcoming nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd, who has a preview of today's show. as always, thank you for joining us this morning. i unfortunately have to start with this nationwide rise in anti-semitism anti-semitic language, anti-semitic incidents, recent interviews and comments made my kanye west who recently dined with former president donald trump. so the question is how does this reflect on trump, his association with ye, with white nationalist nick fuentes how

does this impact his presidential run and his place in his party? >> look, i think it's putsing -- putting him in a very precarious situation. we thought we have been here before only to see republicans back away from criticizing him and realizing that the voters were perhaps more supportive of what he was doing than they wanted to admit. we're not seeing that in this case. there is no hidden pro anti-semitic vote inside the republican party that's any more than a small percentage on the right. yet, he is giving a lot of aid and comfort to this wing who is also gotten more of the ability to amplify things of late, thanks to elon musk loosening rules at twitter. even elon musk had to ban ye, the person formally known as kanye west for posting a swastika and putting hate-filled stuff. it tells you how bad and toxic

this is, elon musk who fears being associated with nobody, seemed to fear association with ye. and yet donald trump hasn't denounced him or renounced him or any of this. i do think you're seeing, look, republicans were already blaming trump for their losses in 2022. i think this is suddenly what he's doing here is making it easier for some republicans to walk away from him. i think this is very problematic for him. >> maybe that's why he's using the kind of "i didn't know" as an excuse to distance himself from nick fuentes. >> he's tried that before. i want to turn also to georgia. it's already happening on tuesday. we will see the senate runoff between herschel walker and rafael warnock. why is this such an important race? that might be a naive question. is it because it positions either party ahead of 2024? >> well, that does matter, by

the way, and in fact, i have a segment on the show, our data download shows you just how daunting the 2024 map is in the senate. and why already republicans are probably favored to pick up the senate because of this map. that said, it isn't just about 2024. the difference between a 50/50 senate and a 51/49 is the difference between the committees being evenly divided or the committees having a plus one advantage for the democrats. why does that matter? that matters if you want to do subpoenas, that matters if you want to recommend a judicial nominee. it speeds up some legislative process on things like that. so administratively, in order for the senate to function in a way that democrats would prefer, having that one extra seat is the difference. >> very good insight. thanks for answering that for me. we look forward to seeing you in

a little bit on the show. we hope you join chuck for "meet the press." he'll have interviews with benjamin netanyahu, and katherine clark. coming up in about 30 minutes from now, we'll talk nbc bay area political analyst william gurston, how the democrat party is moving toward changing primary elections. did you know this is happening? and how it could impact the 2024 presidential election. take a look at this. we have new video of a helicopter rescue on a cargo ship in the san francisco bay. it happened friday afternoon on the cargo vessel, janelle at anchorage 9. the coast guard says a crew member fell and needed help. you could see they lifted the man on to the chopper. he was then flown to stanford. we are told he is expected to be okay. we told you about in

yesterday morning, they are spreading christmas cheer in the east bay. volunteers acted like santa's elves and bit hundreds of bikes. it was the 7th annual big bike build at the alameda county warehouse. the storage facility teamed up with the charity kids bike lanes to build bikes for kids in need. they built 553 new bikes. trucks came to pick up all of the finished bikes. they were delivered to 19 charities for kids in need, in contra costa and alameda counties. trending this morning, we have a new mom on the way, not me. actress keke palmer is pregnant. take a look. >> there is news going around, people have been in my comments, keke is having a baby, keke is pregnant, i want to set the record straight, i am. palmer was on "saturday night live" last night, and during her monologue showed off that

beautiful baby bump. it is her first child with boyfriend darius jackson. it was hard to keep it a secret while pregnant rumors were swirling online. she went on to say this has been the biggest blessing and she's so excited to become a mom. congratulations to keke. one stop shopping and one stop slurping of the best of a traditional christmas dinner. no need to do a lot of planning here not when you can have a christmas feast all in one. heinz is bringing back its christmas dinner big soup, but only in the uk. last year it took the internet by storm, and sold out online in just three hours. the ingredients include pigs in a blanket, brussel sprouts, stuffing balls, carrots, cranberry sauce and gravy, there's now also a vegan version. >> i don't know about that one. that's a lot. >> that's a little too festive in a soup can for me.

>> you know who might try it, throe, aaron our director. >> aaron our director, will you try it? >> he says come on, come on, i'll take that as a no. i want to start you out with christmas, holiday december vibes, it has been a plentiful start to our december when it comes to winter. look at this beautiful shot of lake tahoe, about 33 degrees right now, and these active storms have not only brought plentiful rain to us, but also plentiful sierra snow, and i'm going to talk about the watches and warnings in place. in case you were thinking about driving up there. i wanted to start with this shot of tahoe. we're still seeing whiteout conditions. you want to hold off and wait, we've got a lot more to go when it comes to the snow in the sierra. closer to home, in san francisco, one thing you'll notice, while we're getting clearing in the skies, we've got plenty of cloud cover in san francisco. it's about 50 degrees. we had the atmospheric river. we had the cold front that swept through overnight.

notice in the past three hours, we had that line of showers sweep on through. now if i zoom this in to where we're seeing, some light scattered shower activity, mainly through san rafael, notice there, a little bit scattered in parts of the peninsula, san francisco, meanwhile, down through the south bay, not as heavily focused as saturday's storm, but we could still see the possibility of a couple of scattered showers here and there, at least for the first half of the day, along with a lot of instability that could trigger thunderstorms. let's talk about the temperatures. no freeze warnings in place are milder right now, to start, 40s up through sonoma, down through san jose. today's daytime highs in the 50s. not too cold, seasonal for this time of year. i know you're probably wondering, you were talking about the rain, when is the shower activity going to end. you see the organized line at 9:00 a.m. the majority of this is going to be focused in the north bay, and notice it kind of just stays up here through the majority of the

afternoon, 11:30, 12:00, not a lot in the south bay, which is fantastic. i know there's a 9ers game today, and it's going to be at levi stadium. the biggest thing to worry about is the temperatures. it will get chilly for sure. another line of showers late tonight through early monday morning, we could see the impact on the monday morning commute. especially areas north of the golden gate bridge. plenty of rain yesterday over an inch and a half in the mountain areas. and here's what we're looking at today. today is going to be less. a couple hundredths of an inch for higher elevation areas. we talked about the heavy snow. mentioned the winter storm warning in effect until monday. you want to hold off. we're talking about road closures still. in addition to that, we're going to be seeing the whiteout conditions into monday, and pretty much all the way through tuesday. i said we were off to a great start, and it's looking even better as we get our second system expected to make its approach heading into thursday with another round of rain possibly into next weekend. so more rain on the way.

>> a great start to winter. almost almost. >> absolutely. thank you so much. it's 7:21. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," a big shooting from three-point line leads to another warrior's win at home. how many points the dubs outscored the rockets by from behind the arc. sports is next.

good morning, everyone, i'm anthony flores. the dubs taking on the houston rockets who played jalen green. he played high school ball in napa. andrew wiggins on fire, 8 of 10 from behind the arc. the warriors had a huge double digit lead, cut down to just four and then stephan curry, and the dubs pull away. curry had 30 points. and outscored the rockets by 66

points from three-point land. golden state beats houston, two games over 500 for the first time this season. >> that's our biggest challenge is trying to maintain our focus long enough to not give up leaves and allow teams back in, and i thought that's what happened tonight. but we're going to make a lot of 3s. we've got great shooters, and we have a lot of guys who can shoot them, but we know we have a lot of improvement to make. >> and the nhl, the sharks hitting the ice north of the border in ottawa. fast start for tomás hurtl. but the senators rallied with five unanswered goals. ottawa beat san jose, final, 5-2. the nfl's top defense faces one of the most high powered offenses today when the 49ers take on the miami dolphins at

levi stadium. the forecast calls for a possibility of showers. the 49ers practice in the rain on thursday. a wet field might slow down the dolphins this their offensive weapons. they have a lot of them. they're second in the league passing behind kansas city. if it does rain in the game, shouldn't be a problem for the 49ers. the real issue is dealing with the dolphins. they're a team that has won five in a row. >> i think it will affect the game very little. i think elements are what they are, wind, rain, snow, whatever it is, we've played in everything in practice. i think we're ready for the game. we'll deal with whatever is dealt to us. >> these are the ones you live for honestly, you want to be able to play against the best. it's a high powered offense against a high powered defense, and should be a fun match up. world cup soccer, usa's run at the world cup is over. the red, white and blue taking on the netherlands in the round of 16. the dutch scored twice in the first half. then in the 76th minute, the

u.s. cuts the lead in half when haji wright scores. the dutch would ice the game with a third goal in the 81st minute. the netherlands beats the u.s. 3-1. that's a look at morning sports, i'm anthony flores for "today in the bay." it is 7:27. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, more and more people signing up to work for uber. coming up, the reason may not be what you think. we'll tell you what's driving people to that gig work. and we have that cold front that began to sweep overnight. now we're seeing a lot more cloud cover. however, still expect to see the chance of scattered showers mainly for the north bay. we'll talk about how the rest of the bay doining and t the sierr snsnow up date in j just a few minutes.s. stay witith us. evenen coding. llamar, , it's not e even r. ththat's osmo!o!

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the sun rising over the bay on a chilly, but lovely sunday morning full of sunshine. i just don't want to go off this picture, but i guess we have to. thank you so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us with a quick look at our micro climate forecast. it would be nice to keep looking at that. >> it would be. paints a pretty picture of what's on radar the cold front that swept through last night, you can see that band of showers is a lot weaker and we're not going to see as widespread rain. if you live in the north bay, you'll get the best chance of seeing isolated thunderstorm activity. we have plenty of instability in the atmosphere. notice a couple of light showers pushing through san rafael through san francisco as well as the santa cruz mountain area. overall, though, the week ahead is going to stay mostly to the north. again tonight into monday we're going to keep those spotty showers into monday morning's commute so prepare for that.

in addition, we're talking about sierra snow. we'll have a look at sierra snow pack, and we've got a lot of rain, and it's looking good for the start of december. full forecast in just a few minutes. >> thanks, vianey arana, speaking of all that rain, it caused flooding and downed trees yesterday in parts of the bay area. while the wet weather may have stopped traffic in certain areas, it didn't stop people from going out and enjoying beginnings of the holidays. here's "today in the bay's" marianne favro. >> reporter: hundreds turned out for holiday events including this tree lighting ceremony in redwood city. relentless rains caused major flooding creating a daunting clean up job in north san jose. slick roads made driving more dangerous leading to spinouts in san jose. but despite the challenges the storm created, the wet weather

did not dampen the holiday spirit. in downtown redwood city, hundreds came together to see these two giant trees light up. >> we love the rain because we need it so badly. we've been here in redwood city for quite a number of years. and this is the first time coming over for the tree lighting. and it was a fabulous night. i was glad there wasn't too many people. >> reporter: instead of complaining about the rain and cold temperatures, 10-year-old danil found magic in the storm. >> it just kind of reminds me a lot of candy canes and christmas spirit, even though it's raining, it kind of reminds me of snow. ♪♪ >> reporter: music filled the air with carollers roaming the streets in redwood city, and crowds gathered to watch the holiday train pull in downtown, showcasing performers. in hayward, people were able to stay dry. the tree lighting ceremony was held indoors.

>> 3, 2, 1. >> we did get a good turnout, and it's good to see people. i've seen it more packed in years past. >> yes, the weather outside was frightful but the bay area holiday spirit was delightful. some people told us they prefer to attend holiday events when it's raining because with smaller crowds it's easier parking. "today in the bay." from the holidays to flooding and fallen trees, take a look at this large tree toppled in pleasant hill. this happened yesterday on roberta avenue near patterson boulevard. neighbors say they heard what sounded like thunder. when they went outside, they saw the tree had come crashing down landing on at least two cars. thankfully, it sounds like no one was hurt. the same storm bringing all of the rain is delivering tons of snow to the mountains, causing treacherous road conditions in

the scare. s in a -- this is a live look in chainsville. you can see the snow covering the roadway. caltrans is urging, if you do not have to drive to the mountains, stay home. and the uc berkeley snow lab shared this video of the winter wonderland in the snare. looks lovely. a lot of fresh powder for skiers in heavenly. one of our photographers took this video. you can see in the back lots of people lining up to get up into the slopes. more snow is on the way. don't let this weather catch you off guard. our nbc bay area app will send you an alert minutes before the rain starts to fall in your neighborhood. you can download it, it's free. it's available for apple and android devices. at a san francisco jazz club, a peninsula man was remembered for his contribution

to the local music scene through both performance and education. andrew spate was killed thursday when his car was hit by a caltrain. as "today in the bay's" alyssa gourd explains, his death leaves a hole in the community. >> reporter: his friends say his muse was jazz music, and alto sax, his favorite. >> ubiquitous, you know, both as a teacher and as a player, and so he was known to everybody in the bay area. >> simon rowe says he's known andrew four decades. they attended music school together in australia, and both eventually made their way to the bay area. >> reporter: we can't believe that we've lost him. the coroner's office confirmed andrew was killed thursday in burlingame. call trains said he drove his car on to the tracks and it was hit by a train. >> it was tragic to find out he

is no longer here, and we all miss him already. >> reporter: asta said andrew sparked musical jam sessions at her restaurant in burlingame. that turned into weekly performances. she remembered him saying. >> burlingame needs something like that. burlingame needs music. so he was a guy who if he had an idea, he made it happen. >> reporter: the sudden loss hard to process for those in the jazz community. in san francisco, at simon's new jazz bistro, people were invited to listen to music for free on saturday night all in andrew's honor. >> the whole community is trying to process it, and the best way to do is to play beautiful music. >> reporter: "today in the bay." now to a follow up to a story we first brought you yesterday morning. police are on the lookout for the person responsible for a deadly hit-and-run on an oakland freeway. it happened early yesterday

morning on southbound 880 near the broadway off ramp. the chp says two cars were racing when one of them hit a big rig. that big rig hit the center divider, rolled over and caught on fire. and that driver died. the person driving the speeding car that hit the truck hopped into another car and took off. the chp is trying to track down that driver. with higher inflation and the cost of living just going up comes an increase in people needing more income. as a result, there is an influx of uber drivers. the san francisco-based company says it's seen 30% uptick in drivers this year compared to last. in sacramento, they have recorded one of the largest jumps in the u.s. at 50%. economists say during hard economic times, gig work like uber, lyft is what many people turn to typically as a second job. >> people are having to face this challenge of how do i compete with these skyrocketing

prices, how do i put food on the table, how do i buy christmas presents. one of the ways people make ends meet in this economic situation is through platform work. >> 72% of new uber drivers say inflation and the rising cost of living has had an impact on their decision to sign up for work. working to fight hunger this holiday season, a team of volunteers worked to pack up more than 157,000 meals in san jose yesterday alone. this was at second harvest warehouse for the 25th annual helping hands day. workers from applied materials were there packing up food for families in need. volunteers even competed in challenges to pack food faster than other teams to make the work more fun. and there is still plenty of time to help give back this holiday season. our 13th annual nourishing neighbors food drive continues through christmas day. it's easy to help the next time

you're at safeway. tear off the sheet of nourishing neighbors at checkout, scan the code and it will add $10 to your total. that money will stretch to provide 20 meals to those in need. at 7:39, next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. thousands of people have had trouble with air travel lately. we found a pathway to complain where the airlines are required to respond to you. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you where and how, next.

. good morning it is 7:41 and we remain under a micro climate weather alert. that's going to linger into monday, and maybe even monday afternoon. let's talk about san francisco. it's about 50 degrees, and you can see how beautiful the skyline is, but i also want to show you san rafael. the reason is because if you live in the north bay, today's system is going to be more

focused on bringing showers up there. 43 degrees right now. beautiful view. satellite and radar showing us a couple of lightning strikes just off the water. you can see up the pacific northwest, and this into the afternoon is going to remain a possibility of thunderstorms, isolated especially for the north bay as we continue to see all of this instability with this cold that began a sweep through last night. a couple of cells through santa rosa, some of the heavier pockets about to push into petaluma around the peninsula, as far as the south bay goes, compared to yesterday's system, we're seeing a lot less activity and could see scattered, on and off showers, it's not going to be as widespread as what we saw yesterday. as far as the timing of all of this, if you look at the time stamp right up here, it says 9:00 a.m. we get the band of shower activity, and this is what we'll be watching out for the possibility of thunderstorms. especially through about 10:00,

11:00. notice in the south bay, a lot more cloud cover, but early monday morning for the monday morning commute. the biggest concern will be areas north of the golden gate bridge, but we'll still see scattered showers through monday morning at 7:00 a.m. we'll get heavier pockets through san francisco. we have a good amount of rain yesterday over an inch and a half. a couple of tenths, a couple hundredths of an inch. i want to show yun an update. livermore at the surplus. santa rosa a deficit. so far we have seen over 2 inches of rain. that puts us at 39% in santa rosa of the rain-to-date year. livermore and san jose, 132%. this is a fantastic start when it comes to rain, but also snow. however, not a good day to travel. we've still got this winter storm warning that will be in place. this will be in effect through monday. in addition to that, there's an avalanche warning for the eastern sierra slopes.

virginia lakes to bishop creek. see it highlighted through 12:00 today. heavy snow could create various dangerous conditions. you looked at the water rain here, and we're setting up for a beautiful chance of rain once again, heading into thursday, and yes, even next weekend. you do not want to put away that umbrella or rain boots, setting up a good system that's going to bring more sierra snow to the snow pack. lovely to see. we are in an extreme drought. this is all going to be very beneficial for us, and we welcome all of it. >> absolutely 140%, wow. great knew, vianey, thanks. it is 7:44. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, nbc bay area political analyst, larry gersten joins us to discuss the changes being made in the democratic primaries and how it t can

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welcome back. if you have flown recently and had any issues with your airline, consumer investigator chris chmura might be able to help. he's going to show us how to open a federal case and explain what you might get out of it. >> contact the department. we are here to help. >> with the department of transportation's office of aviation consumer protection. taking complaints about lousy airline service. investigate them and take action. >> ultimately there's a determination made as to whether the passenger is or is not entitled to a refund. >> let's look at how it works when you gripe to the government. collect your thoughts and documents. writing down your saga is important because the d.o.t. only takes airline complaints in writing, either by mail with a letter to this address or online at

transportation.gov/airconsumer. the online form is simple, name, airline, travel dates, so on. there's a small box to explain the situation, limited to 3,000 characters. below it you can add an attachment and submit. what happens next? government reps will investigate and ask the airline for its take. the d.o.t. says it requires airlines to acknowledge consumer complaints within 30 days of receiving them. and to send consumers written responses addressing these complaints within 60 days of receiving them. you can let our responds team know that the airlines aren't required by law to respond to us. >> great information as always, thanks. on friday, a key democratic national committee panel approved a proposal that would essentially reorganize the presidential primary putting south carolina first, thus removing iowa from the top spot as well as demoting new hampshire. the idea was put forward by president joe biden the day before it said it would make the first primary states more

representative of democratic voters. the new calendar still faces hurdles before it is officially adopted. let's bring in nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten. good morning, good to see you. i just want to start with the basic question, why this change? >> it's a good question. kira, this is all about demography. it's a simple concept but a very important one when it comes to what role people of different groups and races and whatnot take place in a primary situation. primaries are important because they are the elections that ultimately lead to the nomination of presidential candidates. so who votes where and when sets the stage for what happens later on. democrats feel that the current order doesn't reflect the voters that they have. if you take a look at the chart we have. you see minorities, african-americans, latinos, asian americans comprise about 40% of the democratic voters.

look at the republicans. 14%. so given that, a large number of democrats who are non-white, the party leaders believe let's shake things up a little bit. let's make things more representative at the early stages as well as later. >> what you're essentially saying and correct me if i'm wrong, that the non-white vote more often sides with democrats and those are in more than republicans so they're essentially saying that states that have the more diverse populations should be voting earlier in the primary process so they can get a better pulse on what's happening? >> they want the primaries to be reflective of their members, of the people who vote for them. so if you keep minorities out largely by going to states that don't have very many, you're not going to necessarily get a sense of all the voters in your party, so you hit it on right. so take a look at the system that we had, for example, in

2020. you see iowa was the first state. it's actually a caucus state but serves as a type of way of getting votes, electoral votes downstream, nominates votes. 17% of iowans are minority. 13% of new hampshire. those are the first two. then nevada, then south carolina. look at the proposed situation for 2024. 39% of south carolina, followed by new hampshire, and then nevada, 54, georgia, 50%. then michigan, two things come out of this, kira. those folks who are part of the party, if you will, get more representation closer to their actual numbers early on in this 2024 proposition, and there's one other thing, when you see michigan and nevada, those are very big union states. again, union members voted democrat in 2020. 57% compared to 43% for republicans. so, again, the idea here is to offer more representation early on for that element of the

democratic party. those are the two major changes, all to make a more realistic representation of those folks who are not white, who are nonetheless very much a part of the democratic party. >> the union votes you mentioned of course helped elect president biden, so georgia and michigan, as you just explained would move into the top five as new early vote states. a majority of the rest of the country would vote on super tuesday. some critics, i have to mention, are saying that this re-org is a way of making it easier for president biden to get renominated. after all, it was south carolina that put him over the top in 2020. so what do you say to those, you know, people? >> i think they're right. i think it does make it easier for president biden. but let's remember, incumbents almost always have it easy to get renominated. it's not a troubling thing. so, yes, it will work nice for president biden, but this is a long-term thing for the democratic party. they started this, by the way, in 2008, when they moved south

carolina and nevada into the first four, so this is a continuation of the effort to make that reflection, in terms of the minority voters earlier on so they play a more critical role in the selection. will president biden benefit, yep, he will, but i think it goes well beyond biden and perhaps for decades to come as far as the democrats are concerned. >> very interesting, larry, thank you so much for pointing that out to us. good to see you. it's 7:53. up next, a quick look at the top stories we're following, including tracking rain coming down the bay area. meteorologist vianey arana will be back with how much rain we'll see again today.

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welcome back, here's a quick look at the top stories we're following. this weekend's storm has caused flooding across the bay area. creating a daunting clean up job near the intersection of old oakland road and monohue expressway in san jose. slick roads made driving more dangerous leading to this spinout. but despite the challenges the storm created yesterday, the wet weather did not dampen the holiday spirit. in downtown redwood city, hundreds came out to see these two giant trees light up and crowds gathered to watch the holiday caltrain pull into downtown. and in hayward, people were able to stay dry with an indoor tree lighting ceremony. don't let the weather catch you off guard today.

our nbc bay area app will send you an alert minutes before the rain starts to fall in your neighborhood. you can download it for free. it is available for apple and android devices. and vianey has one last look at the forecast, including the 9ers game. >> people are heading to the game, and i know we're talking about rain, but we have good news. the model runs are showing your biggest thing is going to be the temperatures in the 50s. not going to be as gusty, 10 to 15 miles per hour. my piece of advice from when i went to the game two weekends ago, take gloves. once your hands get cold, that's where the problem rolls around because i was warm everywhere else, but when my hands got cold, i wasn't having it. when you live in san francisco, on and off showers through the day. i want to turn your attention to the seven-day forecast, looking out next weekend because we get another chance of rain into thursday and december is off to a beautiful rainy, snowy start. >> we need it. we will thank the weather gods

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